Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort

Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (20 July 1517-22 May 1604) was Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1592 to 1594, succeeding Alexander Farnese and preceding Archduke Ernest of Austria.

Biography
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort was born in Heldrungen, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire in 1517. As a young man, he came to the Spanish Netherlands with Charles V, and he participated in the 1535 expedition against Tunis before becoming governor of Luxembourg in 1545. During the Eighty Years' War, he served under John of Austria, and he fought at the Battle of Gembloux in 1578 near the start of the conflict. When Alexander Farnese invaded France in 1590 during the French Wars of Religion, Mansfeld-Vorderort served as the interim Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and he served until Archduke Ernest of Austria took over in 1594. He died ten years later.